Illustration

An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films.

The origin of the word “illustration” is late Middle English (in the sense ‘illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment’): via Old French from Latin illustratio(n- ), from the verb illustrate.

Contemporary illustration uses a wide range of styles and techniques, including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, montage, digital design, multimedia, 3D modelling. Most illustrators work on a freelance basis. Contemporary illustration subject matter has broadened and accesses platforms in other artistic forms. Often these illustrations are based on currents events; such as movies, tv shows and video games.

Depending on the purpose, illustration may be expressive, stylised, realistic or highly technical

Specialist areas include:

Technical and scientific illustration communicates information of a technical or scientific nature. This may include exploded views, cutaways, fly-throughs, reconstructions, instructional images, component designs, diagrams. The aim is "to generate expressive images that effectively convey certain information via the visual channel to the human observer"

This page was last edited on 17 April 2018, at 17:08.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustration under CC BY-SA license.

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